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Society. ACS Local Sections promote public awareness of chemistry by
being involved in community outreach programs and by working with
students of chemistry and science. Our meetings and dinners provide a
opportunity to network and socialize with other Vermont chemists, and
to hear some excellent speakers. If you are a chemistry professional or
educator, or a student studying chemistry, please consider joining us
at our next event.
Sincerely,
Fiona Case
NEWS!
Local Section May Meeting
Instrumentation: A Major Force in the Progress of Chemistry
Irving Goldman
Pfizer Central Research (Retired)
Tuesday, May 27th at 7:00pm
Middlebury College
NERM2008
Visit the NERM2008 website for information about the largest chemistry event ever to be held in Vermont!
June 29th - July 2nd 2008
Burlington, VT
2008 Vermont Math and Science Fair
The 2008 Vermont Math and Science Fair as held at Norwich University on April 5th. Beth, Fiona and Martin were judges at for the ACS Green Mountain Local Section awards for chemistry projects
First Place ($100 award) - Joseph Dexter from Green Mountain Union High
School - C01 "2x2 Combinatorial Chemical Synthesis Using a Single-Layer
PDMS Microfluidic Chip"
Second Place ($50 award) - Joshua Scaralia from Mount St. Joseph Academy -
C04 "The Effect of Sodium Chloride on Carbon Dioxide Absorption in Water"
Third Place ($50 award) - Lily Calabrese from Green Mountain Union High
School - Project # C23 "Paddle Power"
Our section wins a hospitality award
The Green Mountain Local Section received an award recognizing our hospitality to members of the ACS speaker service who visit our local section. Willem Leenstra received the award for the section during the ACS Spring 2008 National Meeting in New Orleans.
Our October 2007 Meeting: Plant tour of Green Technologies LLC, Winooski, VT
Green Technologies, LLC, is the only commercial-scale producer of biodiesel in the state of Vermont. It was founded in June 2003 with the belief that chemistry can solve many of the world's problems if practiced in a sustainable way. The main product is currently biodiesel- a cleaner-burning and non-toxic alternative to diesel fuel and #2 heating oil.
The company is also carrying our research aimed at zero-waste biodiesel manufacturing. Scott Gordon, founder and CEO of Green Tech says "As chemists, we challenge ourselves to create value-added products from our own "waste" streams. We are currently developing methanol recycling and glycerol purification methods. We are also actively pursuing uses for solid grease including conversion into waxes for candles, fire-starters, snowboards, etc., industrial soaps and specialty ester synthesis for paint and lubricant applications. The goal of our manufacturing site is to glean the maximum value from our starting materials and to completely utilize our own waste streams or to release only benign wastes."
Photos from our tour of Green Technologies
Marketing launch for NERM2008
Outreach: Chemistry at the VT Achievement Center (VAC)
Results from the 2007 Math and Science Fair
Report from 2006 - photos and descriptions of all our 2006 activities
Chemistry on local TV: download a movie file with Jeff Beyers recent WCAX appearance talking about the chemistry of chocolate!
Results of our Earth Day Chemistry Haiku Contest are here
Be a Voice for Chemistry - join our Government Affairs Committee
Report from 2005 - photos and descriptions of all our 2005 activities
Report from 2006 - photos and descriptions of all our 2006 activities
Chair..................................... Fiona Case (Fiona's Website)
Chair Elect.....................................................Open Position
Secretary................................................. Michele Johnson
Treasurer...................................................... Beth Medeiros
Councilor..................... Willem Leenstra (Willem's Website)
Alternate Councilor.............. Martin Case (Martin's Website)
Awards....................................................................... Michele Johnson
PR/Web Master................................................................... Fiona Case
Government Affairs Committee.......................................Sarah Locknar
Newsletter Editor........................................................ Willem Leenstra
Fiona Case
NEWS!
Local Section May Meeting
Instrumentation: A Major Force in the Progress of Chemistry
Irving Goldman
Pfizer Central Research (Retired)
Tuesday, May 27th at 7:00pm
Middlebury College
Join
us for dinner before the meeting at 5:30pm.
NERM2008
Visit the NERM2008 website for information about the largest chemistry event ever to be held in Vermont!
June 29th - July 2nd 2008
Burlington, VT
2008 Vermont Math and Science Fair
The 2008 Vermont Math and Science Fair as held at Norwich University on April 5th. Beth, Fiona and Martin were judges at for the ACS Green Mountain Local Section awards for chemistry projects
First Place ($100 award) - Joseph Dexter from Green Mountain Union High
School - C01 "2x2 Combinatorial Chemical Synthesis Using a Single-Layer
PDMS Microfluidic Chip"
Second Place ($50 award) - Joshua Scaralia from Mount St. Joseph Academy -
C04 "The Effect of Sodium Chloride on Carbon Dioxide Absorption in Water"
Third Place ($50 award) - Lily Calabrese from Green Mountain Union High
School - Project # C23 "Paddle Power"
Our section wins a hospitality award
The Green Mountain Local Section received an award recognizing our hospitality to members of the ACS speaker service who visit our local section. Willem Leenstra received the award for the section during the ACS Spring 2008 National Meeting in New Orleans.
Our October 2007 Meeting: Plant tour of Green Technologies LLC, Winooski, VT
Green Technologies, LLC, is the only commercial-scale producer of biodiesel in the state of Vermont. It was founded in June 2003 with the belief that chemistry can solve many of the world's problems if practiced in a sustainable way. The main product is currently biodiesel- a cleaner-burning and non-toxic alternative to diesel fuel and #2 heating oil.
The company is also carrying our research aimed at zero-waste biodiesel manufacturing. Scott Gordon, founder and CEO of Green Tech says "As chemists, we challenge ourselves to create value-added products from our own "waste" streams. We are currently developing methanol recycling and glycerol purification methods. We are also actively pursuing uses for solid grease including conversion into waxes for candles, fire-starters, snowboards, etc., industrial soaps and specialty ester synthesis for paint and lubricant applications. The goal of our manufacturing site is to glean the maximum value from our starting materials and to completely utilize our own waste streams or to release only benign wastes."
Photos from our tour of Green Technologies
Marketing launch for NERM2008
Several
members of the Green Mountain Local Section were in Boston during the
recent ACS National Meeting to launch our marketing for the ACS North
East Regional Meeting (NERM2008) which will be held here in Vermont
next June. NERM2008 Program Chair Martin Case is building an exciting
technical program for this meeting and we are also working on special
events for chemistry educators, students, careers events, and on an
exposition featuring chemistry related products and services from
companies from throughout the USA and Canada (organized by exposition
chair Ralph Stuart). Visit the website for the latest news!
www.nerm2008.org.
Shannon Foster and Jodi Chamberlain at our NERM2008 exhibit during the
ACS National Meeting in Boston
Shannon Foster and Jodi Chamberlain at our NERM2008 exhibit during the
ACS National Meeting in Boston
Outreach: Chemistry at the VT Achievement Center (VAC)
Michele Johnson Reports: I recently (July 13) visited the VT Achievement Center (VAC) to perform chemistry
demonstrations for the pre-K classroom (which my son Liam is
in). We hope to get these kids interested in science
at a young age. We had fun with polymers: I showed them a disappearing
water trick (with sodium polyacrylate, the absorbent polymer used
in diapers) and we all made "super stretchy slime" (in Omya blue no less)
that they were each able to take home. When
I left, I'm sure that many of the kids thought that "chemistry is
cool"!
cool"!
The GMLS has recently applied for a Local Section Innovative Project
Grant to fund a science cart for the early education department at the VT
Achievement Center (VAC)
Results from the 2007 Math and Science Fair
Report from 2006 - photos and descriptions of all our 2006 activities
Chemistry on local TV: download a movie file with Jeff Beyers recent WCAX appearance talking about the chemistry of chocolate!
Results of our Earth Day Chemistry Haiku Contest are here
Be a Voice for Chemistry - join our Government Affairs Committee
Report from 2005 - photos and descriptions of all our 2005 activities
Report from 2006 - photos and descriptions of all our 2006 activities
Officers 2007
Chair..................................... Fiona Case (Fiona's Website)
Chair Elect.....................................................Open Position
Secretary................................................. Michele Johnson
Treasurer...................................................... Beth Medeiros
Councilor..................... Willem Leenstra (Willem's Website)
Alternate Councilor.............. Martin Case (Martin's Website)
Committee Chairs
Awards....................................................................... Michele Johnson
PR/Web Master................................................................... Fiona Case
Government Affairs Committee.......................................Sarah Locknar
Newsletter Editor........................................................ Willem Leenstra
Web page last updated December 17th, 2007
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